Hypnosis/Hypnotherapy for Children
with Functional Abdominal Pain
or Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

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Since adults with IBS have seen effective results with hypnosis/hypnotherapy, researchers sought to study children with IBS and compare this alternative drug therapy to the commonly used standard medical therapy.

The study involved 53 patients between the ages of eight and 18 years old with FAP or IBS. They were administered six half-hour hypnosis/hypnotherapy sessions over a three-month period. Endpoints were pain intensity, pain frequency and other symptoms, such as nausea, headache and appetite. These endpoints were recorded at baseline, one, two, and three months after randomization, and six and 12 months after therapy. The study revealed that hypnosis/hypnotherapy was superior to conventional therapy for children with longstanding functional abdominal pain (FAP) or IBS, curing 59 percent of the patients, versus just 12 percent of patients who received conventional therapy. After one year, the figures were 85 percent and 25 percent, respectively. Patients who received hypnosis/hypnotherapy also experienced less pain after treatment compared to the group that received conventional therapy.

Researchers defined "cure" as those who experienced greater than 80 percent improvement in pain.

"Our team was pleased to learn that the demonstrated benefits of hypnosis/hypnotherapy on IBS complications appear to be translatable to children," said Arine M. Vlieger, M.D., Ph.D., of St. Antonius Hospital in Nieuwegein, Netherlands, and lead author of the study. "Hopefully,” she added, “these findings will be confirmed with additional research so that more children can experience relief from the symptoms of IBS without adherence to a medication regimen."
 
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Robert Galarowicz ND
Hypnosis For Children
IBS Irritable Bowel
Syndrome Bergen County
New Jersey

Source:

American Gastroenterological Association (2007, May 22). Novel Treatments May Help Alleviate Constipation, Irritable Bowel Syndrome